“After years of planning, town
officials and Friends of the Big
Duck gathered in Flanders on
Thursday to cut the ribbon on
the first-ever bathrooms at the
iconic and beloved attraction.”
Thus goes the first paragraph of
a story published last week on
a local news website, and those
who read my latest column may
have an inkling what it is about.
I wrote about the tiny village
of Flanders in Long Island,
New York, and its community
mascot of a giant duck – a
duck, apparently, with restroom
facilities. They call it the Big Duck.